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JOHN CHARLES NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Nelson, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 107
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 107
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND MUNCHCorporal · May 13, 1969
- DAVID LOUIE MUNOZSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARION LORA GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 99
- ALVIN GRIMESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 101
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 102
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- RALPH MICHAEL SANTINELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 110
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.